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This volume is the seventh in an ongoing series addressed to the in
psychological assessment. The overall aim of the developing
frontiers series is to bring critical examinations of recent
advances in assessment to clinicians, researchers, university
teachers, and graduate students, and thus to help them to keep
abreast of an important and rapidly expanding field of psychology.
This aim of course cannot be fulfilled in a single volume, but it
can be met, at least to a large degree, in a continuing series. In
this context we encourage those readers who are pleased with the
offerings in this volume to consult appropriate chapters in earlier
volumes of the series. The term psychological assessment, as used
in this series, encom passes all of the various techniques - tests,
rating scales, interview schedules, surveys, direct observational
methods, and psychophysiol ogical procedures - that are employed in
scientifically based practice and research to provide an improved
understanding of individual per sons, groups, or environmental
settings. Thus, the whole field of assess ment is taken as the
proper area of concern for the series. This includes both what are
sometimes called traditional assessment and behavioral assessment,
as well as approaches not typically classed in either of these
categories.
This guide to the WAIS-III and WMS-III tests is written to help
clinical practitioners achieve efficient and accurate
interpretations of test results. The only interpretive guide to be
based on data obtained while standardizing the tests, this
reference source provides new models for interpreting results, as
well as practical information on the diagnostic validity,
demographically corrected norms, and accuracy of the tests in
measuring intelligence and memory.
The focus of information is to allow clinicians to reduce variance
in the interpretations of scores, indicating how best to factor in
socio-economic status of respondents, interpreting meaningful
change in serial assessments, and scoring with alternate or omitted
sub-tests. Also included in the book are chapters on accommodating
clients with disabilities. The final chapter discusses frequently
asked questions (with answers) on the use and interpretation of the
tests, as well as practical issues to help make scoring
time-efficient and accurate.
KEY FEATURES
* Only guide to be based on data obtained in the standardization of
the tests
* Practical examples given to help guide interpretation of
scores
* Focuses on information to make faster, more accurate scoring
interpretations
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